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Search results for "falsified tests" ...
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Army slow to act as crime-lab worker falsified, botched tests
The reporters undertook a year-long inquiry into every facet of the often-opaque military justice system. Through more than two dozen stories, the series closely examined military criminal investigations, lab testing, trials, sentences and appeals.
Tags: military justice system; fabricated results; investigation; falsified tests;
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Faulty Batteries in Smart Bombs
CBS reports that batteries produced by Eagle Picher Technologies of Joplin, Mo., for smart bombs used in major weapons have failed acceptance tests. Battery failure has occurred in smart bombs used in Afghanistan, which resulted in killing civilians, as well in the nation's nuclear arsenal. "In addition, employees charge that Eagle Picher falsified tests to cover up the bad batteries and send them to contractors," according to the contest entry summary.
Tags: Army; defense; Department of Energy; war on terrorism; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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Grounded
Capable of hovering like a helicopter and flying like an airplane, the V-22 Osprey was a dream aircraft for military missions. But a succession of crashes, an anonymous video tape, and falsified maintenance records indicate that the V-22 has design flaws. Story here is Part One only of a two-part series
Tags: Osprey; air; aviation; military; test pilots; Pentagon; maintenance records; Bell Helicopter Textron; Boeing; Gen. James Jones; USMC; Marine
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Kentucky Shortchanging Coal Miners' Safety
This series of the Courier-Journal "exposed lax state enforcement of mine-safety violations." The reporter found that the Kentucky mining board "rarely used its full authority to revoke or suspend companies' mining licenses and miners' certifications," when hearings were held on mine-safety cases. The series focused also on the failure of the board to formally review "nearly 100 cases since 1990 in which Kentucky coal companies and/or supervisors were convicted of federal mine-safety violations." The investigation exposed cases of falsified tests detecting coal-dust levels, improper handling of explosives, illegal smoking underground and falsified safety training documents.
Tags: diskette; FOIA; safety; health standards; coal; explosives; Kentucky
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Bureaucracy Out of Control
The investigation found that the Southwest Florida Water Management District, a government entity created by Florida's constitution, was out of control. The agency violated public records laws, lied to the E.P.A., falsified test results, and forced a whistleblower out when she discovered that the District spent thousands on a weekend for executives at a resort.
Tags: TAPE
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Village Voice (New York) reports on Alyeska, an oil pipeline consortium made up of the oil giants British Petroleum, Arco, Mobil, and Exxon, and how the industry attempted to silence a whistleblower who accused them of regularly selling him watered-down crude; finds that Alyeska had falsified tests used to determine the water content of the product, and was polluting the Alaska coastline with toxic hydrocarbons; Alyeska hired a private investigator to go through the man's trash, obtain his phone records, surveil his every move and intercept his mobile phone calls, Nov. 5, 1991.
Tags: NY Hennelly environment
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No title (id: 8427)
Miami Herald reveals how Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sheriff uses his considerable power for his personal gain and that of his friends, and against his political enemies, including the falsifying of lie detector tests, 1991.
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No title (id: 8372)
WSMV-TV (Nashville, Tenn.) uncovers federal student financial aid irregularities at a junior college, including the forging of students' signatures, falsified test scores and fake income tax returns, 1991.
Tags: TAPE
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No title (id: 7489)
Common Cause Magazine details defense contract corruption and demonstrates how the Northrop Corporation's former top executive kept the company thriving despite scandals involving overseas payoffs, illegal donations and falsified tests on U.S. jet parts, November - December 1990.
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The MX Missile
CBS News 60 Minutes finds fraud and mismanagement at the electronics division of Northrop Corporation, builder of the MX missile's guidance system; tests were falsified and defective parts used in order to meet Air Force production schedules, Nov. 1, 1987.